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When I’m asked to perform a quick check of an online PDF document, that I expect to be benign, I will just point my PDF tools to the online document. When you provide an URL argument to pdf-parser, it will download the document and perform the analysis (without writing it to disk).
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I have a couple of ESP32’s that can also be programmed with the Arduino IDE, provided the necessary board manager is installed:
After starting the IDE
I open the preferences:
And add the board manager URL for the ESP32 (https://dl.espressif.com/dl/package_esp32_index.json):
And via the Tools menu I launch the Boards Manager:
And install the ESP32 board manager:
And then I can select the right board (ESP32 Dev Module):
Then I can connect my ESP32 board to my Windows machine, and it will complain about missing drivers:
I install the CP210x drivers:
Then I can select the right port in the Tools menu:
And now everything is ready to program my ESP32. I will start with the WiFiScan example:
Which can then be compiled and uploaded to the ESP32 board:
Once it is uploaded and running, I can connect to the ESP32 board via the serial monitor:
Compiling C/C++ programs with Microsoft’s command-line compilers is possible, even if you don’t have Visual Studio installed. You can do this with the Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017 (a free download).
Go to https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/ and download the Build Tools:
The downloaded file does not include the build tools, but it’s a stager that will download the necessary build tools. It requires .NET, you might get an error if the proper version is not installed:
Installing the correct .NET framework will fix this problem:
Once this download is completed, you can get to the actual installer where you choose the tools you want:
I selected the Visual C++ build tools, a download of about 1 GB:
Once the build tools are installed, you can open a shell via the start menu:
The C/C++ compiler is invoked with command cl:
As an example, I’m compiling the following program:
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